Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 1103-1108 , October 2010

Objective Interpretation of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography by Diastolic Dyssynchrony Imaging: A Practical Approach

  • Toshinari Onishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Masaaki Uematsu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Masaaki Uematsu, MD, PhD, Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, 3-1-69 Inabaso, Amagasaki, Hyogo 660-8511, Japan.
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  • Tetsuya Watanabe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Masashi Fujita, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Masaki Awata, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Osamu Iida, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Fusako Sera, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
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  • Yutaka Hirano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Central Clinical Laboratory, Kinki University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan
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  • Shinsuke Nanto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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  • Seiki Nagata, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan

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 This work was partly supported by research funds to promote the hospital functions of the Japan Labor Health and Welfare Organization (Kawasaki, Japan).

PII: S0894-7317(10)00551-1

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.06.031

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 10 , Pages 1103-1108 , October 2010

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